Equation of state of dense magnetized QCD matter via a robust analytic continuation
Abstract
We compute the equation of state of dense and magnetized strongly interacting matter using lattice QCD at a non-zero value of the lattice spacing. Our simulations employ 2+1+1 dynamical flavors of rooted staggered quarks with masses tuned to the physical point. To conform with experimental constraints, we impose strangeness neutrality and isospin asymmetry on our observables. We circumvent the sign problem by simulating imaginary values of the chemical potential and applying the T'-expansion scheme to carry out the analytic continuation of our observables to the real chemical potential axis. This novel scheme, adapted to the setup with nonzero magnetic fields, is demonstrated to produce significantly smaller systematic errors in the final observables, compared to the standard analytical continuation at fixed temperature, allowing for better-controlled extrapolations. Our results for the pressure, the entropy density and the interaction measure are tabulated for direct use in heavy-ion phenomenology applications.
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BibTeX
@misc{borsanyi2026equation,
title = {{Equation of state of dense magnetized QCD matter via a robust analytic continuation}},
author = {S. Borsányi and B. B. Brandt and G. Endrődi and J. N. Guenther and G. Markó and M. A. Petri and A. D. M. Valois},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.05108},
eprint = {2609.05108},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05108},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Equation of state of dense magnetized QCD matter via a robust analytic continuation
AU - S. Borsányi
AU - B. B. Brandt
AU - G. Endrődi
AU - J. N. Guenther
AU - G. Markó
AU - M. A. Petri
AU - A. D. M. Valois
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.05108
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05108
AB - We compute the equation of state of dense and magnetized strongly interacting matter using lattice QCD at a non-zero value of the lattice spacing. Our simulations employ 2+1+1 dynamical flavors of rooted staggered quarks with masses tuned to the physical point. To conform with experimental constraints, we impose strangeness neutrality and isospin asymmetry on our observables. We circumvent the sign problem by simulating imaginary values of the chemical potential and applying the T'-expansion scheme to carry out the analytic continuation of our observables to the real chemical potential axis. This novel scheme, adapted to the setup with nonzero magnetic fields, is demonstrated to produce significantly smaller systematic errors in the final observables, compared to the standard analytical continuation at fixed temperature, allowing for better-controlled extrapolations. Our results for the pressure, the entropy density and the interaction measure are tabulated for direct use in heavy-ion phenomenology applications.
ER -